GPU Comparison
RADEON
AMD FirePro W5000
CORE STATE
Pitcairn
VRAM
2 GB
CLOCK SPEED
—
TDP
75 W
BUS WIDTH
256 bit
ARCHITECTURE
GCN 1.0
PROCESS
28 nm
LAUNCH DATE
2012
VS
RADEON
Radeon HD 7950
CORE STATE
Tahiti
VRAM
3 GB
CLOCK SPEED
—
TDP
200 W
BUS WIDTH
384 bit
ARCHITECTURE
GCN 1.0
PROCESS
28 nm
LAUNCH DATE
2012
PERFORMANCE BENCHMARKS
geekbench_opencl
geekbench_metal
DETAILED SPECIFICATIONS
SPECIFICATION
FirePro W5000
HD 7950
Core Specs
Shading Units
768
1,792
+133.3%
Shaders
768
1,792
+133.3%
TMUs
48
112
+133.3%
ROPs
32
32
0.0%
Compute Units
12
28
+133.3%
Clocks
GPU Clock
825 MHz
800 MHz
Memory Clock
800 MHz
3.2 Gbps effective
1250 MHz
5 Gbps effective
Memory
Memory Size
2 GB
3 GB
VRAM (MB)
2,048
3,072
+50.0%
Memory Type
GDDR5
GDDR5
Memory Bus
256 bit
384 bit
Bandwidth
102.4 GB/s
240.0 GB/s
Cache
L1 Cache
16 KB (per CU)
16 KB (per CU)
L2 Cache
512 KB
768 KB
Performance
Pixel Rate
26.40 GPixel/s
25.60 GPixel/s
Texture Rate
39.60 GTexel/s
89.60 GTexel/s
FP32 (TFLOPS)
1,267.2 GFLOPS
2.867 TFLOPS
FP64 (TFLOPS)
79.20 GFLOPS (1:16)
716.8 GFLOPS (1:4)
Power
TDP
75 W
200 W
TDP (W)
75
200
+166.7%
Suggested PSU
250 W
550 W
Power Connectors
None
2x 6-pin
Architecture
Architecture
GCN 1.0
GCN 1.0
GPU Name
Pitcairn
Tahiti
Generation
FirePro GCN
(Wx000)
Southern Islands
(HD 7900)
Process Size
28 nm
28 nm
Transistors
2,800 million
4,313 million
Die Size
212 mm²
352 mm²
Foundry
TSMC
TSMC
Density
13.2M / mm²
12.3M / mm²
API Support
DirectX
12 (11_1)
12 (11_1)
OpenGL
4.6
4.6
Vulkan
1.2.170
1.2.170
OpenCL
2.1 (1.2)
2.1 (1.2)
Shader Model
6.5 (5.1)
6.5 (5.1)
Physical
Slot Width
Single-slot
Dual-slot
Length
183 mm
7.2 inches
278 mm
10.9 inches
Height
111 mm
4.4 inches
111 mm
4.4 inches
Outputs
1x DVI2x DisplayPort 1.2
1x DVI1x HDMI 1.4a2x mini-DisplayPort 1.2
Bus Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
PCIe 3.0 x16
Other
Launch Price
599 USD
449 USD
Production
End-of-life
End-of-life
Predecessor
FirePro Terascale
Northern Islands
Successor
Radeon Pro Polaris
Sea Islands